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Meteor lights up early-morning sky in Midwest

December 24, 2018 at 4:38 a.m.

Many Chicagoans' daily commutes were made extraordinary Thursday morning by a fireball that flashed across the sky shortly after 6 a.m. In the seconds before the fireball disappeared, WGN-TV helicopter...

Former Tribune Co. exec gets 2 years for fraud

December 24, 2018 at 4:34 a.m.

A former Tribune Co. executive issued a tearful apology moments before she was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for stealing more than $260,000 from the media company. Stephanie...

Former Tribune executive sentenced to 2 years for stealing $260K

May 16, 2019 at 2:18 p.m.

A former Tribune Co. executive issued a tearful apology moments before she was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for stealing more than $260,000 from the media company. Stephanie...

Former Tribune executive sentenced to 2 years for stealing $260K

December 24, 2018 at 4:33 a.m.

A former Tribune Co. executive issued a tearful apology moments before she was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for stealing more than $260,000 from the media company. Stephanie...

CPS alleviates fears of further budget cuts at schools

November 3, 2021 at 7:15 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools offered some welcome news Monday to principals wrestling with tight budgets, saying funding will not be cut for schools whose enrollment on the 20th day of classes...

CPS alleviates fears of further budget cuts at schools

December 24, 2018 at 4:31 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools offered some welcome news Monday to principals wrestling with tight budgets, saying funding will not be cut for schools whose enrollment on the 20th day of classes...

Relative: Worker who died in sewer worried about hazards of job

May 16, 2019 at 2:16 p.m.

Gustavo Briceno woke up Wednesday morning feeling something bad was about to happen, according to his family.That night, Briceno was doing maintenance in a sewer when heavy rains sent a...

Relative: Worker who died in Chicago sewer had worried about hazards of job

December 24, 2018 at 4:30 a.m.

Gustavo Briceno woke up Wednesday morning feeling something bad was about to happen, according to his family. That night, Briceno was doing maintenance in a sewer when heavy rains sent...

Lottery signs in January 2001 at a store in downtown Chicago.

Winner finds lottery ticket weeks after drawing, stuffed in glove box

May 16, 2019 at 2:16 p.m.

Guiseppe Joe Anelli bought an Illinois Lottery 4thof July Millionaire Raffle ticket, stuffed it in his glove compartment and then forgot about it. When he finally discovered it again and...

Family seeks answers about badly beaten man

May 16, 2019 at 2:16 p.m.

Almost two weeks after Andrew O'Connell was badly beaten on the Near West Side, his family is waiting for him to recover and looking to find out what happened that...

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